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We Believe in Results: Anthony & Krista
Photo by Courtney Erland.
Student Government Candidates Anthony DiCarlo and Krista Muise.
Student Government Candidates Anthony DiCarlo and Krista Muise.
Why are you running for office?
DiCarlo: We have a very strong passion for really working to help out students. We just feel like in terms of our experience and in terms of the connections we’ve made, we really know what it takes to get stuff done.
Muise: We want people to be just as proud to be here as we are so we can get other students to feel the same way and have that same Patriot Pride. That’s what it’s all about for us.
Take All You Care to Eat
By Broadside Correspondent Yasmin Tadjdeh
Last week, Dining Services began their campaign to end wasteful student eating habits in Southside. Since Southside’s opening in October 2008, staff have noticed an increase in the amount of students taking too much to eat and throwing the excess away, as well as stealing food from the dine-in only restaurant.
According to Sodexo, the facility serves around 2,400 people per day and every month, hundreds of pounds of food are thrown into the garbage.
International Week Kicks Off
By Broadside Staff Writer Kristen White
Mason: Meet the World.
That was the theme for this year’s 29th Annual International Week that took place April 4-11. The Opening Ceremony and Celebration was held last Monday in the Johnson Center Atrium below the many hanging, vibrant flags that represented a wide range of cultures.
Amy Moffitt, the assistant director of the Office of International Programs and Services, took the stage to proudly declare the start of the festivities.
“This week gives an opportunity for those students to celebrate their traditions and for our campus to celebrate what their experiences and perspectives add to us as a university community,” Moffitt said.
So-Called ‘Consortium’ Scams Students
By Broadside Staff Writer Samantha D'Introno
Many George Mason University students have been the victims of an e-mail scam recently. The scam extends an invitation to join a nationally recognized organization called North American Scholar Consortium. For many, an honor society application process is competitive, and sometimes, it can be difficult to be accepted. The North American Scholar Consortium, however, “grants membership” by simply filling out an application and paying a one-time fee of $68.
Seniors Look for Volleyball Opportunities Overseas
By Broadside Staff Writer Fernanda Ferreira
The end of a collegiate volleyball career is just a new start for the men’s volleyball alumni. Whether they choose to play overseas or for professional teams in the United States, the men’s volleyball program has been successful in shaping professional athletes.
The three seniors from last season, Hudson Bates, Mark Burik and R.J. Goubeaux, are all playing professionally. Bates and Goubeaux are practicing with Team USA in Anaheim, Calif., and Burik is playing for Vingakers Volleybollklubb in Sweden.
Power Soares
By Sports Editor Brian Chan
Senior left fielder Scott Krieger dove for the fly ball and robbed designated hitter and catcher Cody Stanley from a base-hit in the eighth inning as the baseball team (23-5, 5-2) broke the school record with 19 consecutive home wins in their 6-3 victory over the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (17-9, 5-3).
Turning in 18
By Broadside Correspondent John Kleeb
The baseball team (22-5, 5-2) won their 18th consecutive home game in their 4-2 win over the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (17-8, 5-2) on Friday. Timely hitting and defense in addition to the strong performance from junior pitcher Kevin Crum (4-2) helped the Patriots in their win.
Improving Community through Campus Police
By Broadside Contributor Scott Mason
Spring is in the air here at George Mason University. It rains often, but the overabundant number of daffodils on campus shows that the dreary days are making their effects known, and even that the earth is rooting for it’s patriots.
With all of this relatively great weather, as compared to the rest of the year, it disappoints me to see Mason’s police officers going through their beat in their cars.
Campus News in Brief
Compiled by Justin Petrisek, Interim Asst. News Editor and Kevin Loker, News Editor
Circus to Temporarily Change Parking
Parking on campus will continue in its altered format for the next two weeks due to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The tents that have occupied Lot A, Friday, April 3 will remain until Monday, April 20, and any vehicles left in the area will be ticketed and towed. Lot K will remain open, with the exception of Monday, April 6. Lot A will open by Tuesday, April 21. .
MUST II Returns
By Staff Writer Britany Rouse
The network security system, Mason Update and Scanning Technology, also known as MUST II, is back in full force in campus residence halls.
According to David Robertson, manager of network engineering at Mason, the program keeps computer viruses from infecting the entire network and shutting it down.
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